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Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person’s sex
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b) A person’s sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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